I think the congressional Republican leadership team has been reading this old blog in the cloakroom because they recently did exactly what I have been recommending to my Black GOP friends for years. At the health care summit, they tried like crazy to be nice and smile while seriously expressing their concerns. “And the Best Actor Oscar goes to…..”
On the other hand, my man President Obama was killing me with the whole using first names thing. Members of Congress were saying “Mr. President” and while he was saying John and Mitch. Joe Sixpack is at home in his Lazyboy talking about uppity this and arrogant that. It is all part of a diabolical plan and the White House doesn’t see it coming.
Old school folks know what time it is and I would strongly recommend that the first couple retire to the executive quarters, dig in their stacks of vinyl and play the O’Jays hit “Back Stabbers.” The lyrics apply to the Right, those on the far Left and some in the center. On the other hand, the Blue Dogs in the South might be humming the same tune when thinking about the WH and their party’s leadership. I can’t call it. The other O’Jays song that applies to politics is of course “For the Love of Money.”
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